16 June 2013

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Welcome to Paper IssuesLet Get Persnickety blog hop! You should have arrived here from Chez's blog--if this is your first stop, be sure to head over to Paper Issues to start at the beginning!

I used their free 3x3 Instagram template to print out all my Instagram shots from 2012, and I LOVE the way it turned out. It's awesome being able to flip through, month by month, and see all those little moments of our life captured. After inserting all of my photos using photoshop, I printed the templates at 8x8, then slipped them into page protectors.

I modified some spreads to have fewer pictures, because not every month had exactly 18 photos. This way I could include pages related to special events and trips, since I tended to take more Instagrams at those times anyways.

At the beginning and end, I made collage pages with tiny thumbnails of all the images, I love the way they look all together!

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08 February 2013

Hey everyone, Judean here to share a quick Valentine's wreath idea. These striped paper straws seem to be everywhere lately, I saw some in the dollar section of several big box stores recently. I used about 50, and cut 15 in half. Then, starting with the long ones, I glued them using my glue gun around a card stock circle. The middle section will be covered up later, so you don't have to worry too much about keeping the inner edges neat or even. I focused on getting them evenly distributed around the circle, and keeping the outer edges in line.

Next I went in with the shorter straws and glued them in the spaces in between. Finally, I added a paper rosette and gitter-puffy-heart sticker to the the middle, and a ribbon on the back for hanging.

Voila, quick and inexpensive Valentine's decor! Need some love-themed embellishments? The Paper Issues store has some cute goodies, like the Wild Thang kit seen here:

03 December 2012

Even though once December hits winter is pretty much here. I had to scrap this back-to-school layout of Chloe using fall colors, I'm just not ready to move on quite yet. The Paper Issues Fitkit for November is called 'Gather' and it's full of fall pretties.

You can link up at Paper Issues for a chance to win some BG goodies right here. And don't forget to use code SUKEYDOOKIEDOO in the shop for 20% off!

02 December 2012

You might not know this about me, but I love Basic Grey. It was my first scrapbooking crush, the first patterned paper that infiltrated my dreams...and still almost 5 years since I began the hobby, I still can't get enough.

Here's a page I made using Basic Grey Clippings:

And another I made using Soleil:

And yet another....

Whoops, and one more:

That last one is BG's newest line, Fact and Fiction...LOVE IT!

Link up your Basic Grey project, or your just plain grey one at Paper Issues--there's some scrappy goodies up for grabs! And if you want to go shopping, don't forget to use my code: SUKEYDOOKIEDOO for 20% off :)

20 September 2012

Here's another layout I made using the September FitKit from Paper Issues, that I am also linking up over at the blog. The theme is "Tag You're It," see my tag tucked under the photo? There's some deep, personal journaling on there, hidden away from prying eyes. That's my favorite way to use tags--what's yours? Link up your tag project, and find out how you can win an amazing tool from craftwell.